Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Tan Qingxue, although capable of love, would not sacrifice herself. When danger comes, she can always distinguish the right choices.

But Li Nianxue is persistent.

Li Yunxiao of that year was not a man of absolute integrity and loyalty, so how could he have a daughter like this?

Li An sighed slightly in his heart. But in terms of feelings and reason, he had nothing to say, so he said, "As you command, Master."

He then turned and left.

Watching him leave, Dao Qian was a bit puzzled and said, "Nianxue, this person is merely at the Immortal level, and from what I observe, it seems his origin has once been damaged and is unstable. Why would your Dao Mountain allow him to come? Isn’t it a waste of a slot?"

"The decisions made by Master Xiang and the others have their own reasoning," Li Nianxue said indifferently.

"Indeed,"

Dao Qian laughed and said, "The most famous place in this Suspended Immortal City is the Sword Immortal Tower. Visiting the city without seeing it would be a waste. Come, let’s go drink and enjoy the scenery!"

...

The Immortal Crystals on Li An couldn’t buy anything in this Suspended Immortal City, so he simply stopped shopping and went directly back to his residence.

He began to study Talismans, as even though his Celestial Talisman cultivation was not inferior, to create a Celestial Immortal Talisman surpassing his own realm still required repeated planning and thought.

In three days, he had some ideas but had yet to start.

It was on that day that the grand bell from the Past Life Palace finally rang three times!

This was the signal to assemble everyone, indicating the time to enter the Secret Realm had come.

Xiang Yuntian immediately led Li An and more than twenty others to the main hall of the Past Life Palace.

The main hall of the Past Life Palace was extremely expansive, but unlike its splendid facade, the interior was of a simple and rugged style. The hall was built with ancient giant stones, and even the pillars supporting the hall were carved from stone without any decoration.

At the very front of the hall was an even rougher stone wall, full of mottled traces, bearing the signs of time. From a distance, it looked like a giant tombstone.

Upon entering the hall, everyone felt an inexplicable calm in their hearts, as if approaching a river of time, instantly clearing their inner distractions.

"This place is truly peculiar!"

"The power of space and time is flowing and dispersing here. I feel it; it is greatly beneficial to the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill!"

"Indeed, this should be the entrance to the Space-Time Secret Realm. Even though it’s not yet the actual Secret Realm, it’s already so unique. What kind of opportunities could be inside the Secret Realm?"

Everyone couldn’t help but speak out, filled with anticipation.

Li An also sensed it. This place was somewhat similar to the god descent site of Purple Cloud Mountain, except that the god descent site had the power of time scattered due to the burning of the Dao Fruit, while this place felt close to the river of time.

More and more people gathered in the hall, numbering no less than four thousand at a glance.

－－ This place was dominated by Treasure Cauldron Palace and Biluo Palace, so people from these two palaces were the most numerous, each having about a thousand entering the Secret Realm, followed by the Sourced Grounds, each sourcing two hundred slots, and finally the Famous Mountains, each with no more than fifty slots.

Resources have always been concentrated at the top. The lower levels can get some leftovers at best.

Both Treasure Cauldron Palace and Biluo Palace have Daluo on earth, so, despite the unfairness, other forces dare not say much.

Li An observed attentively. Among the cultivators present, most were young Profound Immortals and Immortals. The strength of Double-Headed Mountain exceeded that of Dao Sect, with three Five-Colored Profound Immortals alone.

And on the side of the Celestial Pearl Sacred Land, there were also many experts, four or five with a similar aura to Dao Qian, each with outstanding features—after all, there couldn’t be just one future candidate successor in a place like Celestial Pearl Sacred Land, so there were also several Saint Children.

...

Before the tombstone-like stone wall ahead, the elders of Treasure Cauldron Palace and Biluo Palace had already arrived, and they spoke:

"The Space-Time Secret Realm is about to open. Once it opens this time, you cannot exit midway. It will last for eight hundred years. Though there are opportunities within the Secret Realm, the risks are unpredictable, and life or death shall be your responsibility upon entering!"

After saying this, the two waved their hands, and mysterious Array powers around the hall continuously surged, eventually converging on the stone wall behind them. The stone wall, sensing something, began to gradually become illusory, revealing another ethereal space-time!

The people from Biluo Palace and Treasure Cauldron Palace said no more, entering first, their figures quickly disappearing, leaving the Sourced Grounds and Famous Mountains people to follow in turn.

Where the stone wall originally stood became the boundary of a space-time. The figures of Li An and the others were engulfed by the power of space-time.

Once everyone had entered, the light in the hall intertwined, the power of the array descended, and the stone wall reappeared as if the ethereal world had never emerged.

"Fellow Daoists may wait here or leave first, returning to welcome your disciples in eight hundred years,"

an elder from Treasure Cauldron Palace said calmly.

But most people did not leave, instead staying to guard the hall.

After all, those entering the Secret Realm were undoubtedly the elite and the hope of the future of each major force.

...

The secret power of space-time flowed, even though the weakest entrants were Immortals, under the twirling heaven and earth and overwhelming might, many couldn’t keep steady and vomited upon landing.

It’s hard to imagine cultivators of this level still being nauseated by the jolt.

Under the feet of Li An and the others was a piece of floating cosmic soil, seemingly the corpse left behind after the annihilation of a star system or continent, very vast, spanning millions of miles. Looking up, the eyes fell upon endless void, countless similar floating soils, and in some areas, even hints of planetary light were being emitted.